The EPA’s decision to quit regulating emissions might be symbolic, but what it symbolizes is scary: a government that puts antiquated ideology and corporate profits over the health and welfare of its people.
The EPA’s decision to quit regulating emissions might be symbolic, but what it symbolizes is scary: a government that puts antiquated ideology and corporate profits over the health and welfare of its people.
“The Trump administration will soon make it the official policy of the US government that greenhouse gases don’t endanger Americans’ well-being and therefore don’t need federal regulation. Insurance companies, meanwhile, live in a parallel universe where greenhouse gases *are* heating the atmosphere and intensifying natural disasters, harming human health, destroying property and raising insurance costs.
“The US government’s universe is an increasingly lonely fantasy world. You’re trapped in the real one.”
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From Bloomberg (gift link above):
“The Trump administration will soon make it the official policy of the US government that greenhouse gases don’t endanger Americans’ well-being and therefore don’t need federal regulation. Insurance companies, meanwhile, live in a parallel universe where greenhouse gases *are* heating the atmosphere and intensifying natural disasters, harming human health, destroying property and raising insurance costs.
“The US government’s universe is an increasingly lonely fantasy world. You’re trapped in the real one.”